פתח לנו שער בעת נעילת שער | Open for us a gate at the closing of a gate, by Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx (2005)

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David W. Nelson (translation), Moshe Silberschein (translation) and Dalia Marx

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Conflicts over Sovereignty and Dispossession, Medinat Yisra'el (the State of Israel), Terror

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protection, 21st century C.E., 58th century A.M., the Occupation, Israel Movement for Reform and Progressive Judaism, נעילה‎ neilah, מדינת ישראל Medinat Yisrael, Israeli disengagement from Gaza, Gaza, Israeli–Palestinian conflict

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Source (Hebrew)	Translation by Rabbi Moshe Silberschein (English)	Tanslation by Rabbi David Nelson (English)
אֱלֹהֵי הָרוּחוֹת לְכָל בָּשָׂר תֵּן בָּנוּ אֹמֶץ לְהַמְשִׁיךְ וּלְתַקֵּן אֶת עַוְלוֹת הֶעָבָר גַּם בִּמְחִיר כְּאֵב לְמַעַן תְּהֵא אַרְצֵנוּ בְּרָכָה לְכָל יוֹשְׁבֶיהָ וּשְׁכֵנֶיהָ וּלְכָל בָּאֵי עוֹלָם.	God of the Spirit, whose care is for all mortal beings, Grant us the courage to continue to remedy The wrongs of the past Even when the price is painful In order that our Land be a blessing To all its inhabitants, its neighbors And to all those who journey in this world.	God of the breath of all life, Grant us the courage to continue to right The wrongs of the past Even when pain is the price. In order that our Land be a blessing To all its inhabitants, its neighbors And to all those who journey in this world.
שְׁכִינָה, מְקוֹר הָרַחֲמִים, בְּעֵת רֵאשִׁית עֲשִׂיַּת צֶדֶק – הָגֵנִי עַל מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל רֵאשִׁית צְמִיחַת גְּאֻלָּתֵנוּ, רִקְמַת חַיִּים בַּת אֶלֶף גָּוֶן וָצֶבַע, לְבַל תִּפָּרֵם לְבַל תִּקָּרַע. שִׁמְרִי לְבַל יָקוּם מִי מֵאִתָּנוּ וּבְצַעֲרוֹ יִפְצַע בָּהּ פֶּצַע.	Divine Presence Source of all compassion When the just work begins – Be a shield over the State of Israel the first flowering of our redemption That tapestry of life woven from a thousand tones and colors So that it will not unravel, so that it will not be torn asunder. Keep a constant watch so that there will not arise among us One who in his or her sorrow would rip a part of the country’s cloth Keep a constant watch so that there will not arise one who would do it harm.	Divine Presence Source of all compassion At the first flowering of the work of justice – Protect the State of Israel, the first flowering of our redemption, the tapestry of life woven from a thousand hues and colors – So that it will not unravel, so that it will not be torn asunder. Keep a constant watch so that there will not arise among us One who in sorrow would tear a hole in her. Keep a constant watch so that there will not arise one who would do her harm.
אָבִינוּ מַלְכֵּנוּ תֵּן בָּנוּ כֹחַ בִּשְׁעַת הִתְנַתְּקוּת לְאַחוֹת קְרָעִים בִּשְׁעַת הִפָּרְדוּת – לֹא לְקַצֵּץ בִּנְטִיעוֹת בְּעֵת גְּאוֹת הַכַּעַס – לַחֲבֹק בְּעֵת הִתְרוֹקְנוּת – לְהָכִיל וּלְהִכָּלֵל. בְּאוֹרְךָ נִרְאֶה אוֹר גַּם בְּהִתְקַדֵּר שָׁמָיִם. עֲנֵנוּ בְיוֹם קָרְאֵנוּ.	Our Father Our King, Grant us strength during this time of ”Rending”^[1] i.e., the 2005 unilateral Israeli Disengagement from Gaza. to sew together the torn, During this time of separation not to cut down the very roots of our being, When anger rages help us to embrace and be all–embracing When our energies are spent help us to be inclusive, to include and be included. In Your light let us see light even when the skies are darkest Answer us on the day we cry out to You.	Our Father Our King, Grant us strength during this time of Disengagement^[2] i.e., the 2005 unilateral Israeli Disengagement from Gaza. to sew together the torn, During this time of separation not to cut down what has been planted, When anger rages grant us strength us to embrace When we feel empty help us to be inclusive and be included. In Your light let us see light even when the skies are darkest Answer us on the day we cry out to You.
פְּתַח לָנוּ שַׁעַר בְּעֵת נְעִילַת שַׁעַר (תפילות הימים הנוראים) לֵב טָהוֹר בְּרָא לָנוּ אֱלֹהִים וְרוּחַ נָכוֹן חַדֵּשׁ בְּקִרְבֵּנוּ (על פי תהלים נא:יב)	Open for us a gate at the closing of a gate,^[3] from the liturgy of the High Holy Days. A pure heart and mind create for us O God And a spirit of rightness renew in our midst. (based on Psalms 51:12)	Open for us a gate at the closing of a gate,^[4] from the liturgy of the High Holy Days. A pure heart and mind create for us O God And a spirit of rightness renew in our midst. (based on Psalms 51:12)

This “Open a gate for us at the closing of a gate” by הרבה דליה מרקס Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx, appears in תפילת האדם, סידור רפורמי ישראלי (2020), the Israeli Reform Movement siddur edited by Rabbi Alona Lisitsa (Ph.D.) and Rabbi Dr. Dalia Marx. English translations by Rabbi Moshe Silberschein and Rabbi David Nelson. “The text was initially composed before the 2005 disengagement process,” explains Rabbi Marx.

Source(s)

Tefilat ha-Adam (Israeli Reform Movement, 2020)

Tefilat ha-Adam p.429

Notes[+]

Notes
1	i.e., the 2005 unilateral Israeli Disengagement from Gaza.
2	i.e., the 2005 unilateral Israeli Disengagement from Gaza.
3	from the liturgy of the High Holy Days.
4	from the liturgy of the High Holy Days.

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David W. Nelson (translation)

Rabbi David W. Nelson has taught in a wide range of venues, and, following the 2005 publication of his Judaism, Physics and God: Searching for Sacred Metaphors in a Post-Einstein World, has focused increasingly on issues of science and religion. BA from Wesleyan University, Master' Degree and Rabbinic Ordination from Hebrew Union College – Jewish Institute of Religion, PhD from New York University. His rabbinic experience has included five years in a small congregation, fifteen years at CLAL, a think-tank and center for leadership education, five years in a community center, and three years as the primary writer and teacher for the Reform Movement's Israel organization.

Moshe Silberschein (translation)

Born in the Midwest, Rabbi Silberschein attended Columbia University, Jewish Theological Seminary and the Hebrew University. Ordained in 1981, he made Aliyah to Israel the following year. He teaches piyut, liturgy and classical rabbinic literature to undergraduate and graduate students in Jerusalem and abroad. Throughout his teaching career, Rabbi Silberschein has also served congregations as both rabbi and cantor in such diverse locales as Tokyo, Japan, Minneapolis, Minnesota, and most recently, Savannah Georgia.

Dalia Marx

Rabbi Dalia Marx (PhD) is the Aaron Pankin professor of liturgy and Midrash at the Jerusalem campus of Hebrew Union College-JIR, and teaches in various academic institutions in Israel and Europe. Marx, tenth generation in Jerusalem, earned her doctorate at the Hebrew University and her rabbinic ordination at HUC-JIR in Jerusalem and Cincinnati. She is involved in various research projects and is active in promoting liberal Judaism in Israel. Marx writes for academic and popular journals and publications. She is the author of בזמן: מסעות בלוח השנה היהודי ישראלי (Bazman 2018), When I Sleep and when I Wake: On Prayers between Dusk and Dawn (Yediot Sfarim 2010, in Hebrew), A Feminist Commentary of the Babylonian Talmud (Mohr Siebeck, 2013, in English) and the co-editor of a few books. She was the chief editor of T'fillat HaAdam: Israeli Reform Siddur (2020). Marx lives in Jerusalem with her husband Rabbi Roly Zylbersztein (PhD) and their three children.

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ויהי נעם אדני אלהינו עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננה עלינו ומעשה ידינו כוננהו "May the pleasantness of אדֹני our elo’ah be upon us; may our handiwork be established for us — our handiwork, may it be established." –Psalms 90:17